Neuropsychological Assessment for Psychiatrists

PGY2 Residency Didactic

Joey W. Trampush, Ph.D.

Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
Keck School of Medicine of USC

February 14, 2024

Domains

General cognitive ability “g”

Performance across individual tests correlates strongly among each other

Learning Disorders (LD)

Attention/Executive

Attention

Working Memory

Processing Speed

Executive Functioning

Attention/Executive

Attention

  • attention span
  • attentional fluency

Attention/Executive

Working Memory

  • verbal working memory
  • nonverbal working memory

Attention

Attention/Executive

Processing Speed

  • psychomotor speed
  • cognitive efficiency

Working Memory

Attention

Attention/Executive

Executive Functioning

  • planning
  • judgment

Processing Speed

Working Memory

Attention

Case Report #1

  • Patient: 20-something yr-old male
  • Referral: ADHD and dyslexia evaluation r.e. federal felony charges

Distribution of Scores: Population-level Interpretation

Performance classification of neuropsychological test scores in the general population.

Neurocognitive Examination

Behavioral/Emotional/Personality

Effort/Validity Testing

Case Report #2

  • Patient: 20-something yr-old female

  • Referral: ADHD and anxiety for MCAT accommodations

Neurocognitive Examination

Behavioral/Emotional/Personality

Effort/Validity Testing

Thank you!

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